While I certainly didn't go into my listening of The Wall, released in late 1979 and becoming 1980's top-selling album, as determined to not like it, I was at least prepared to feel that way. The truth is that I tend to get my guard up about "must-sees", "must-reads", or any kind of "must". I can't help it, and it's making for a lot of challenges during this project that's pretty well 100% comprised of "musts".
Within seconds of starting The Wall, though, any reservations I had disappeared and I settled in for the excellent listen. Despite being a big fan of Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2, even though the video messed me around a bit as a kid, and also knowing Comfortably Numb fairly well from it being around in high school, I knew nothing else about the album so I had no idea that it is exactly my kind of concept rock album. I love the shifts from longer and shorter tracks, and I love the musical themes that pop up throughout.
Here was my listen: https://youtu.be/wCSqmHV7fsE
I'm listening to it again as I write this.
Now, I'll ask you this: what kind of awards institution hands out their Album of the Year honour to a Greatest Hits collection? The Junos, of course.
And she still can't really break me down, either. I'm not being purposefully negative, but this is a pretty tame Greatest Hits album, and still somehow feels like it has some filler tracks.
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